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Meaning of brick up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To block or cover using bricks.
    transitive
  2. To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks.
    transitive
  3. To become constipated.
    colloquial, intransitive
  4. To cause (someone) to have an erection.
    Internet, transitive

Equivalents

Deutsch zumauern
Português tijolar
Русский замуровать

Examples

“I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass.”
“The tunnel's mouth was bricked up because it was unsafe.”
“Or it may be that the trains continue to pass but never more will stop, and the platforms are stripped and laid bare, the doorways bricked up, the overbridges dismantled, and the empty buildings stare out upon the passing trains with the reproachful melancholy of an old tombstone in a city churchyard overlooking a city street.”
“The chest was bricked up into the wall.”
“We've encountered servers bricked up into secret rooms many times, but never a UPS hidden behind a locked door.”
“She’s got a little meat along her lats and femur muscles that bricks me up more.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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